Cecilia Chirenti
(ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | cecilia.chirenti@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.4216 |
| Org Code: | 661 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 661 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Brief Bio
I am an Associate Research Scientist affiliated with the Department of Astronomy of the University of Maryland, College Park. I work at the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory (code 661) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center through the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II) cooperative agreement.
Positions/Employment
Post-doc
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute - Potsdam, Germany
2007 - 2009
Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics
Federal University of ABC - Santo André, Brazil
2009 - 2026
Assistant Professor from 2009-2017. Associate Professor since 2017. On leave since 2020.
Associate Research Scientist
University of Maryland - College Park, MD
2020 - Present
Visiting Associate Research Scientist from 2020-2021. Associate Research Scientist since 2021.
Teaching Experience
I have taught several undergraduate Physics and Mathematics classes at UFABC from 2009 to 2019, including Classical Mechanics, General Relativity, Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra, Complex Functions and Differential Geometry. I have also had fun teaching graduate level short courses: Black Hole Quasinormal Modes (CBPF, Brazil, 2018), Neutron Star Asteroseismology (University of La Plata, Argentina, 2019) and Neutron Stars (Fermi Summer School, Delaware, 2022 and 2024).
Education
- B. Sc. in Physics (2003) University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Ph. D. in Physics (2007) University of São Paulo, Brazil
Selected Publications
Refereed
2026. "Estimation of the Neutron Star Mass and Radius of FRB 20240114A by Identification of Crustal Oscillations.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1001 (1): L18 [10.3847/2041-8213/ae5896] [Journal Article/Letter]
2026. "The Radius of PSR J0437–4715 from NICER Data.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1000 (2): L48 [10.3847/2041-8213/ae5057] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Tight Bound on the Neutron Star Radius with Quasiperiodic Oscillations in Short Gamma-Ray Bursts.", The Astrophysical Journal, 983 (2): 88 [10.3847/1538-4357/adc101] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Extragalactic Magnetar Giant Flares: Population Implications, Rates, and Prospects for Gamma-Rays, Gravitational Waves, and Neutrinos.", The Astrophysical Journal, 980 (2): 211 [10.3847/1538-4357/ada947] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data.", The Astrophysical Journal, 974 (2): 295 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad5f1e] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Evidence of a Strong 19.5 Hz Flux Oscillation in Swift BAT and Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Data from GRB 211211A.", The Astrophysical Journal, 967 (1): 26 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad3bb7] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Broadening of universal relations at the birth and death of a neutron star.", Physical Review D, 109 (8): 083040 [10.1103/physrevd.109.083040] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Multimessenger emission from the accretion-induced collapse of white dwarfs.", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525 (4): 6359-6376 [10.1093/mnras/stad2420] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Imaging the Milky Way with Millihertz Gravitational Waves.", The Astronomical Journal, 166 (1): 17 [10.3847/1538-3881/acd3f1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Three approaches for the classification of protoneutron star oscillation modes.", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523 (2): 2236-2246 [10.1093/mnras/stad1459] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Kilohertz quasiperiodic oscillations in short gamma-ray bursts.", Nature, 613 (7943): 253-256 [10.1038/s41586-022-05497-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER with NICER Background Estimates.", The Astrophysical Journal, 941 (2): 150 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac983d] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Black hole spectroscopy horizons for current and future gravitational wave detectors.", Physical Review D, 105 (4): 044015 [10.1103/physrevd.105.044015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "How loud are echoes from exotic compact objects?.", Physical Review D, 103 (4): 044028 [10.1103/physrevd.103.044028] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Investigating the I-Love-Q and w-mode universal relations using piecewise polytropes.", Physical Review D, 103 (2): 023007 [10.1103/physrevd.103.023007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Fast Radio Burst Trains from Magnetar Oscillations.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 903 (2): L38 [10.3847/2041-8213/abc562] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Where is Love? Tidal deformability in the black hole compactness limit.", Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37 (19): 195017 [10.1088/1361-6382/abb07a] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Overtones or higher harmonics? Prospects for testing the no-hair theorem with gravitational wave detections.", Physical Review D, 101 (10): 104005 [10.1103/physrevd.101.104005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Spicing up the recipe for echoes from exotic compact objects: Orbital differences and corrections in rotating backgrounds.", Physical Review D, 101 (8): 084010 [10.1103/physrevd.101.084010] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Constraining the Equation of State of High-density Cold Matter Using Nuclear and Astronomical Measurements.", The Astrophysical Journal, 888 (1): 12 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab4ef9] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Searching for Hypermassive Neutron Stars with Short Gamma-Ray Bursts.", The Astrophysical Journal, 884 (1): L16 [10.3847/2041-8213/ab43e0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Torsional oscillations of magnetized neutron stars with mixed poloidal-toroidal fields.", Physical Review D, 100 (4): 043017 [10.1103/physrevd.100.043017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Probing neutron star structure via f-mode oscillations and damping in dynamical spacetime models.", Physical Review D, 99 (8): 084024 [10.1103/physrevd.99.084024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "On the radial stability of ultra-compact Schwarzschild stars beyond the Buchdahl limit.", Classical and Quantum Gravity, 36 (6): 065004 [10.1088/1361-6382/ab0526] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "On the Persistence of QPOs during the SGR 1806−20 Giant Flare.", The Astrophysical Journal, 871 (1): 95 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaf5ce] [Journal Article/Letter]
Selected Public Outreach
CRESST Undergraduate Interaction Day
December 2023 - December 2023
High School High Scholar Program ([HS]^2) Panel on College and Careers in STEM
December 2023 - December 2023
FemPhys Mentoring Night
December 2019 - December 2021